Quotes by Michelangelo

“Your gifts lie in the place where your values, passions and strengths meet. Discovering that place is the first step toward sculpting your masterpiece, Your Life.”

“I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.”

“The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.”

“I created a vision of David in my mind and simply carved away everything that was not David.”

“Perfection is no small thing, but it is made up of small things.”

“Only God creates. The rest of us just copy.”

“In every block of marble I see a statue as plain as though it stood before me, shaped and perfect in attitude and action. I have only to hew away the rough walls that imprison the lovely apparition to reveal it to the other eyes as mine see it.”

“To know each other is the best way to understand each other. To understand each other is the only way to love each other.”

“The idea is there locked inside. All you have to do is remove the excess stone.”

“Do not be concerned that you might set a target too high and fail. Be concerned that you will set it too low and succeed.”

“If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all.”

“No great work of art is ever finished.”